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Gender Role Reversal - Essay

Gender Role Reversal

Throughout one's life each of us face new obstacles due to the progression of the life cycle. Many of these so-called obstacles we encounter are from the many role demands that each one of us has to fulfill. As we get older our lives take on new roles, such as being a: wife, parent, school teacher, etc. One role, however, will never leave us, that's our gender. We will never truly know what it's like to put ourselves in the shoes of the opposite gender, but I can try and elaborate from my own personal experience and observations of what I fell society would demand from being a male in the United States. I am going to first discuss a few of the many negatives that I believe can accompany ...

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into consideration what is negative about the entire gender role itself from a male's perspective. So, I got onto the Internet and joined a transsexuals chat channel. I felt this would give me a great new point of view about being a male. One valid issue that I feel society has made men view as being horrible is men buying and wearing female clothing. One male mentions how females can buy boys' items or girls', and are not viewed with amazement. I, for one, have and do on occasion wear men's clothing. Why shouldn't I be viewed as weird or gay; but a male cannot even wear a light pink colored shirt? A few of the many positives that come along with being a male is that men are not expected to bring that little-bit-of-something to a friend's house. I wonder how this issue ever came about the proper etiquette see of being only limited to females. Another positive characteristic I feel is to be dealt with fairly by service organizations. I for one have experienced this harmful dilemma. ...

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Added: 6/10/2005 05:08:14 AM
Category: Political Science
Type: Free Paper
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